Correct Planting Routine

Correct Planting Routine™

“Correct Planting Routine™” is the most popular of our products for professionals. Designed by Dave Ellis, it is a mycorrhizal product used by landscape contractors to create a symbiotic relationship between the plant’s root system and the mycorrhiza.

Is the right choice for transplanting. While the benefits of Mycorrhizae and Biologicals have been well documented, this is a biological product and not a fertilizer. Let plants live life to the fullest!

Correct Planting Routine™ is a very advanced and amazing product. There is quite a bit of information below, take the time and read this carefully then enjoy the benefits of our many years of hard work and dedication we put into this product.

Ball & Burlap or Container-Grown: Set stock in planting hole and backfill up to 1/3 on root ball. Apply 1 lb. of product per caliper inch around the edges so it makes contact with the root ball and mixes with the backfill soil. Finish backfilling. Water until puddling occurs.

Trees and Shrubs: 1”-Caliper Bare-Root Stock – Soak roots in water, then dust with a generous handful of product. Next, place another generous handful in hole at planting time. Water to settle soil around roots. Note, one “generous handful” is equivalent to a ½ cup; 1 lb. will plant three to four 1”-caliper bare-roots.) When planting smaller bare-roots, adjust your use rates ac cordingly. While dusting roots, catch excess product to avoid waste.

It is more cost-effective from a labor standpoint to use Correct Planting Routine® at transplant time. When used at planting time, Correct Planting Routine® is delivered directly into the root zone at the ideal rate of 1-lb. per caliper inch. However, this use rate decreases substantially due to the difficulty involved in getting product into an established plant site.

Recently Planted Trees & Shrubs:
Using a 1” soil drill or probe, bore eight holes 6-8” deep around the perimeter of the root ball. Fill holes with product. Follow up with deep watering.

Mature Trees & Shrubs: Option 1: The most practical way to distribute Correct Planting Routine® into the feeder root system of a mature tree or shrub is through double core aeration beneath the entire drip line to trunk area (the more holes, the better). Apply product with a broadcast spreader at the rate of 10 lb. per 1,000 sq. ft. Follow up with deep watering.Option 2: Using a 1” soil drill or probe, bore holes 6-8” deep per every foot in the area one foot outside of the drip line. Fill holes with product. Repeat this procedure, working one foot inside of the drip line. Follow up with deep watering.

Bed Plantings & Turf: Top-dress plant bed with Correct Planting Routine® at the rate of 10 lb. per 1,000 sq. ft. Lightly work into the soil. Deeply water. For small plant beds, gently work one to two tablespoons of product around each plant. Water. Lawn Restoration – apply product at the rate of 10 lb. per 1,000 sq. ft. with a broadcast spreader.

What Are Mycorrhizae?

Mycorrhizae is a Greek Word for
“Fungus Root.”

Mycorrhizae are non-woody structures composed of both root and fungus tissue. Native to forest and prairie soils, they are also found in soils that have retained high fertility; for instance, older residential sites built upon rich layers of topsoil. When working in fertile soil, one will find networks of white hair-like fibers – these are mycorrhizae. Soils that have lost their mycorrhizae have lost their ability to support plant life. Mycorrhizae has become the landscape industry‘s “buzz word” because urban soils have become depleted by construction and chemical practices. Today’s technology now makes it possible for us to deliver mycorrhizae into the root zone as the primary step toward building soils that support our landscapes.

Trees or Shrubs, Ball & Burlap or Container: After placing stock in planting hole, add backfill soil to 1/3 up on ball, then sprinkle 1 lb. of this product per each 1 foot of ball width around the side edges of ball so that it makes contact with the root ball and gets mixed in with the back-fill soil. Finish backfilling, and then water stock until puddling occurs to complete the job.

Bare Root Stock: Wet roots by soaking in water then dust roots with this product so as to get complete coverage. Follow up by placing a hand full of this product in planting hole at time of planting. Once planting is complete, water to settle soil around bare rootstock.

Bed Plantings of Flowers & Ground Covers: Place one tablespoonfull under each set plant at time of planting, and then water to settle soil around plant roots. Note: 1 lb. of this product will plant approximately 50 set flower or ground cover plants.

IMPORTANT WARNING:
While the benefits of Mycorrhizae and Biologicals have been well documented, this is a biological product and not a fertilizer. The use of the following type of fertilizers or other products should be avoided when using this mycorrhizal product.

Do not use Sulfur or any type of commercial fertilizer such as 10-10-10, or others as the soluble salt content of these types of products will kill the mycorrhizae contained in this product.

Use of polymer gels must be avoided as this type of material forms a thick water holding gel that creates anaerobic conditions (shuts off oxygen supply) around the root ball, which can cause root rot & death of mycorrhizae.

The use of fresh spent mushroom compost should be avoided when transplanting as it contains high levels of soluble salts and ammonia, which are toxic to mycorrhizae as well, as plant roots.